09.10.2009, 04:07
When one understands level bombing and what is required to get an accurate angle, you will see that such a mod simply isn't possible.
There are few factors that come into play when setting up the bombsight: IAS/TAS, own altitude & most important - target altitude, or as we bomber pilots like to call it 'target elevation'.
TAS/IAS + plane altitude can easily be added into the speed bar, but target elevation can not be added unless you mod the option to manually input the elevation data. But in doing so this game would then be transformed into something completely different and everyone would be able to level bomb. Things like bombing runs would not be necessary anymore and I would personally stop playing the game if such a thing happens.
There is a very simple reason for this. Because they used Norden bombsight the way it is supposed to be used. The stuff KC Jones posted shows you their version of the Bombing Table.
There are few factors that come into play when setting up the bombsight: IAS/TAS, own altitude & most important - target altitude, or as we bomber pilots like to call it 'target elevation'.
TAS/IAS + plane altitude can easily be added into the speed bar, but target elevation can not be added unless you mod the option to manually input the elevation data. But in doing so this game would then be transformed into something completely different and everyone would be able to level bomb. Things like bombing runs would not be necessary anymore and I would personally stop playing the game if such a thing happens.
KC Jones Wrote:I cannot find any reference to using a bombsight table to determine bombsight angle in any history books.
Do you know of any ?
There is a very simple reason for this. Because they used Norden bombsight the way it is supposed to be used. The stuff KC Jones posted shows you their version of the Bombing Table.